# What are the emissions of bauxite mining per tonne?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/bauxite-mining-emissions-per-tonne

Open-cast bauxite mining burns diesel in excavators, dumpers and dozers, which is Scope 1 at 2.68 kg CO2 per litre. Add blasting explosives, electricity for crushing and conveyors, and transport to the refinery. Divide by tonnes dispatched. Bauxite is not a CBAM good, but aluminium is.

## Per tonne

- Diesel litres from the mine's fuel issue register.
- Explosives used, by type.
- Electricity kWh × 0.710.
- Rail or road transport to the refinery.

## For refineries

Bauxite is Category 1 for the refinery; the mine's figure per tonne replaces a default.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads bills, fuel invoices and production records into dated, fingerprinted records, so the figure you send a buyer can be traced to its documents.

- [Alumina refinery coal steam](https://senseible.earth/answers/renukoot-alumina-refinery-coal-steam-co2)
- [Quarry blasting explosives](https://senseible.earth/answers/quarry-blasting-explosives-scope-1)

Sources: [IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/), [European Commission, CBAM legislation and guidance](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/cbam-legislation-and-guidance_en)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.